Printing device for adding or like machines



Jan. 1963 s. GARBERI ET AL 3,363,551-

PRINTING DEVICE FOR ADDING OR LIKE MACHINES Filed Sept. 30, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTORS SERGIO GARBERI GIUSEPPE RI CIARDI BYVM7 -gW J 6, 9 s. GARBERI ET AL 3,363,551

PRINTING DEVICE FOR ADDING OR LIKE MACHINES Filed Sept. 30, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 (mam cc Kg Fig. 2

INVENTORS SERGIO BARBER! GIUSEPPE RICCIARDI Jan. 16, 1968 s. GARIBERI ET AL 3,363,551

PRINTING DEVICE FOR ADDING OR LIKE MACHINES Filed Sept. 30, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTORS SERGIO GARBERI GIUSEPPE RICCIARDI BY Jan. 16, 1968 s. GARBERI ET AL 3,363,551

PRINTING DEVICE FOR ADDING OR LIKE MACHINES Filed Sept- 30, 1966 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 INVENTORS SERGIO GARBERI G IUSEPPE RICCIARDI United States Patent 3,363,551 PRINTING DEVICE FOR ADDING 0R LIKE MACHINES Sergio Garheri and Giuseppe Ricciardi, Ivrea, Turin, Italy,

assignors to lug. C. Olivetti & C. S.p.A., Ivrea, Italy, a

corporation of Italy Filed Sept. 30, 1966, Ser. No. 583,213 Claims priority, application Italy, Oct. 1, 1965, 22,000/ 65 6 Claims. (Cl. 10193) The present invention relates to a printing device for an adding or like machine having a set of actuators differentially movable according to a multiorder amount, a plurality of typecarriers mutually distanced twice the printing pitch and each one associated with a pair of adjacent actuators of said set to print said amount during two subsequent machine cycles, connecting means for alternately mechanically connecting each one of said typecarriers to the actuators of said pair, and shifting means for alternately shifting said typecarriers according to said pitch. The invention is an improvement in the printing device described and claimed in the specification of United States Patent No. 3,259,058 now embodied in an adding machine for British currency system.

As it is known in these adding machines the pence denomination is set up in a single order of the set up indexing mechanism, for example by means of a twelve key keyboard, while the register is provided with a pinion having twelve teeth instead of ten. In the machines wherein the amounts are to be represented by a code, for example in the machines adapted to print the amount by means of characters adapted to be automatically recognized, it is generally required that a given code always represents the same figure, whereby the pence denomination must be represented by two codes, and therefore printed by two different characters according to the printing pitch. The known machines, wherein the pence are printed by a single typecarrier are therefore unadapted to print the pence according to the printing characteristics requested for character recognition.

This disadvantage is obviated by the printing device according to the invention, which is characterized in that, for systems not having uniform decimal denomination, for example the British currency system, an additional typecarrier is adapted to be alternately connected with each actuator of an additional pair of actuators differentially movable under the control of the two lowest orders of a set up indexing mechanism, said two orders representing the units and the tens of a non-decimal denomination having figures higher than nine.

This characteristic of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a left hand partial longitudinal sectional view of an adding machine incorporating a printing device according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a second left hand longitudinal sectional view of the machine;

FIG. 3 is a third left hand longitudinal sectional view of the machine;

FIG. 4 is a rearward partial sectional view taken according to line 1VIV of FIG. 3.

With reference to the FIG. 3, the adding machine is of the type having a twelve key keyboard adapted to the British currency system, wherein an amount is set up order by order on a set up indexing mechanism formed of a stop pin carriage 5 transversely movable leftwards step by step. The carriage 5 comprises in each order a settable stop pin 6 for the figure zero, and nine stop pins 7 for the figures from one to nine. The stop pins 6 and 7 are adapted to be sensed by a set of actuators or vertical racks 8 (FIG. 4) adapted to represent a decimal amount. The racks 8 are arranged in paired relationship and are movable upwards under the control of a universal bar 9 adapted to be operated in a known manner by a main shaft 10, which effects one revolution counterclockwise for each machine cycle.

Furthermore, the adding machine is provided with a plurality of typewheels 11 each one associated with a pair of actuators 8. Each typewheel 11 is fulcrumed on a slide 12 (FIG. 3), controlled by a universal bar 13 operated by the main shaft 10. Each typewheel 11 is integral with a pinion 14 meshing with a rack 15. The latter is fulcrumed on a connecting member or lever 16 having a slot 17 engaging a bar 18 secured to a support generically indicated by the numeral 1? for supporting the typewheels 11 and the slides 12.

Secured to the support 19 is also a shaft 20 connected through a fork lever 21 (FIG. 4) to a lever 22 fulcrumed on a stationary pivot 122. The lever 22 is linked with a vertical slide 23 slidably mounted on a pair of stationary shafts 67 and 167 (FIG. 3). The slide 23 is vertically displaced at alternate cycles in the manner described in the cited Patent No. 3,259,058, in order to displace the support 19 leftwards (rightwards in the FIG. 4) a printing pitch. The support causes thus a hole 24 (FIG. 3) of the lever 16 to alternately engage a pin 25 of the two adjacent racks 8 thus connecting these racks to the typewheels 11. Simultaneously a set of lugs 26 provided on the support 19 alternately locks a shoulder 27 of the racks 8 not so connected.

The amount is printed during two subsequent machine cycles. During the first cycle the typewheels 11 print the figures represented by the racks 8 of the odd orders starting from the right (from the left in FIG. 4), while the racks of the even orders are locked by the lugs 26. Conversely, during the second cycle the same typewheels 11 print the figures represented by the racks 8 of the even orders, upon being displaced rightward one pitch with respect to the figures printed in the first cycle, while the lugs 26 lock the racks 8 of the odd orders. Therefore the amount is accumulated or the total is taken during two cycles, the first one for the odd orders, the second one then for the even orders.

For the British currency system, the machine is provided with a pair of racks 8' and 8 for the tens and the units of shillings, each one adapted to cooperate with a corresponding register order formed of a pair of pinions 28 (FIG. 3), in a manner known per se. Particularly, the pinions of tens of shillings, not visible in FIG. 3, are provided with a tens transfer tooth every two feet of the pinions. The two racks 8' and 8 may be connected with a typewheel 11, in a manner similar to the other pairs of racks 8.

The pence, representing a non-decimal denomination having figures higher than nine, may be set up on two orders or columns of the carriage 5 by depressing successively two numeral keys for the tens, and the units respectively, of pence. Therefore, on one hand the key board lacks the conventional ten and eleven keys, on the other hand to set up for the pence a figure from zero to nine it is always necessary to depress, before the units of pence, the zero key for the tens of pence. An additional pair of actuators is provided for sensing the pence columns, one actuator of said pair sensing the tens, the other sensing the .units of pence. The actuator of the tens of pence is formed of a vertical slide 29 (FIG. 2) located at the right of the rack 8 of the units of shillings and is pin and slot connected with a lever 30 (FIG. 2) pivoted on a stationary shaft 31. The slide 29 is normally urged by a spring 32 connected to the lever 30 to contact the universal bar 9, and is provided with a shoulder 33 vertically distanced one step from the corresponding lug 26 of the support 9 (FIG. 3). Furthermore the lever 30 (FIG. 2) is provided with a projection 34 adapted to sense the column of stop pins 6 and 7 next higher than the lowest set up column. The lever 30 transfers the displacement of the projection 34 to the slide 29 according to a ratio 12.

The actuator of the units of the pence is formed of a vertical rack 35 (FIG. 1) located at the right of the slide 29 and pin and slot connected with a second lever 36 also pivoted on the shaft 31. The rack 35 is normally urged by the spring 37 connected to the lever 36 to contact the universal bar 9, and is adapted to cooperate with an additional order of the register formed of a pair of pinions 38 having twelve teeth and adapted to accumulate the pence. Furthermore, the rack 35 is provided with a shoulder 39 adapted to be locked by the rightmost lug 26 (FIG. 4) in a manner similar to the racks 8.

A sensing member formed of a projection 47 (FIG. 1) of a lever 44 is provided for sensing the lowest set up column. The lever 44 is pivoted on the shaft 31 and slidably mounts on a pair of slots a pair of pins 43 of a connecting means or slide 42. This latter is provided with a notch 41 normally engaging a pin 40 of the lever 36 and is also connected to the lever 44 by a spring 45. Another spring 46 urges the lever 44 counterclockwise, said lever by means of the slide 42 and the lever 36 being adapted to transfer the displacement of the projection 47 to the rack 35 according to a ratio 10/12.

The rack 35 is provided with a pin 48 normally engaging an additional connecting member or lever 49 cooperating with the bar 18 in a manner similar to the levers 16 (FIG. 3). Fulcrumed on the lever 49 (FIG. 1) is a rack 50 meshing with a pinion 51 integral with an additional typewheel 52, which is carried by a corresponding printing slide 53 for printing the pence. The typewheel 52 is provided with the types from zero to nine like the typewheels 11, while the pinion 50 has a diameter which is equal to 10/12 of the diameter of the pinions 14 (FIG. 3), whereby the displacement of the rack 50 (FIG. 1) is transferred to the typewheel 52 according to the ratio 12/ 10 with respect to that of typewheels 11. Furthermore, the lever 49 is adapted to engage a pin 54 (FIG. 2) of the slide 29 upon displacing the support 19 (FIG. 4) leftwards.

The slide 42 (FIG. 1) is provided with a projection 55 adapted to cooperate with a pin 56 of a bail 57 (FIG. 2) fulcrumed on a stationary shaft 58 and normally urged by a spring 61 to contact a cam 59 of the main shaft 10, the spring 61 prevailing over the spring 45 (FIG. 1). Furthermore, the bail 57 (FIG. 2) is provided with a bent lug 62 adapted to cooperate with a pair of shoulders 63 and 64 of a lever 66 fulcrumed on the shaft 67. The lever 66 is provided with a pin 68 normally urged by a spring 69 to contact the tapered edge 70 of the slide 29, the pin 68 being normally vertically distanced one step from a shoulder 71 of the slide 29. Finally, the lever 66 is provided with a projection 72 adapted to cooperate with the lug 62 of the bail 57.

The shoulder 71 of the slide 29 is also adatped to cooperate with a locking member or bent lug 73 (FIG. 1) of an arm 74 of a bail 75 pivoted on the shaft 67. A second arm 76 (FIG. 1) of the bail 75 is provided with a shoulder 77 normally urged by a spring 78 to contact a pin 79 of a first arm 80 of a hail 81 pivoted on a stationary shaft 82. Another arm 83 of the bail 81 is provided with a pin 84 engaging a cam slot 85 of the slide 23. Furthermore, the arm 76 of the bail 75 is provided with a projection 89 adapted to cooperate with a pin 91 of a lever 92 pivoted on the shaft 67. A spring 93 normally urges the pin 91 to contact a first step 94 of a lever 96 fulcrumed on the shaft 58 and urged clockwise by a spring 97. Furthermore, the lever 96 is provided with a second step 98 adapted to cooperate with the pin 91, and is adapted to cooperate with a cam 99 of the main shaft 10.

The lever 92 is linked at 100 with a link 101 slidably mounted on a stationary pin 102, and is provided with a projection 103 adapted to be engaged by the pin 40 when the rack 35 is displaced upwards more than nine steps. The pin 40 is also adapted to cooperate with a projection 104- of the lever 44.

Finally pivoted on the shaft 67 is a lever 106 (FIG. 3) having a pin 107 adapted to cooperate with the lower edge of the lever 66, and a pin 108 normally lying on the path of a shoulder 109 of the rack 8' of the tens of shillings, and vertically distanced one step therefrom. The lever 106 is adapted to be rocked clockwise in a known manner upon starting a non-add operation.

The printing device operates as follows.

An amount is accumulated into the register during two subsequent cycles of the shaft 10. Particularly, the pairs of racks 8 (FIG. 4) accumulate the decimal part of the amount, while the pair of racks 8 and 8 (FIG. 3) of the shillings accumulate the shilling figures on the pinions 28. In the case accidentally a figure higher than one has been set up into the carriage 5, the rack 8' of the tens of shillings is stopped after being displaced upwards one step by the pin 108 of the lever 106. These parts of the amount are printed on the paper by the typewheels 11 in the previously described manner.

Assuming that the pence denomination of the amount is formed of a figure lower than ten, a zero stop pin 6 for the tens of pence and a stop pin 7 for the units of pence are set up by the keyboard into the carriage 5. When the set up amount is accumulated, during the first cycle of the shaft 10, upon displacing the universal bar 9 upwards, the projection 34 of the lever 30 (FIG. 2) is immediately stopped by the set up sto pin 6, whereby the tapered edge 70 of the slide 29 does not affect the lever 66. Then when the cam 59 causes the spring 61 to rock the ball 57 clockwise, the shoulder 63 of the lever 57 immediately stops the lug 62 of the bail 57, whereby the pin 56 does not affect the slide 42.

Simultaneously the lever 44 (FIG. 1) is rocked clockwise by the spring 46 till the projection 47 contacts the set up stop pin 7. The lever 44, through the slide 42 and the pin 40 rocks the lever 36 which displaces the rack 35 upwards a number of steps equal to the set up figure, said steps being reduced by 10/12 in comparison with those of the projection 47. The rack 35 through the lever 49 and the rack 50 rotates the typewheel 52 a corresponding number of steps, thus predisposing the character corresponding to the set up figure of pence for printing.

During the return stroke of the universal bar 9, the rack 35 accumulates the figure of pence on the pinions 38. Simultaneously the slide 23 is displaced upwards and, by means of the lever 22 (FIG. 4) and the fork lever 21, displaces the support 19 leftwards (rightwards in FIG. 4) thus engaging the lever 49 with the pin 54 (FIG. 2) of the slide 29. Furthermore, the slide 23 (FIG. 1) through the slot rocks the bail 81 counterclockwise, thus releasing the arm 76 of the bail 75 from the pin 79. Then the spring 78 rocks the bail 75 counterclockwise, but since during the second cycle of the shaft 10, the slide 29 (FIG. 2) is immediately stopped by the zero stop pin 6, the slide 29 is not affected by the lug 73. The typewheel 52 (FIG. 1) is now predisposed for printing a zero on the platen. Near the end of the second cycle of the shaft 10, the slide 23 is restored downwards and on one hand through the lever 22 (FIG. 4) and the fork lever 21 restores the support 19 rightwards, on the other hand through the slot 85 (FIG. 1) it restores the bail 81 to the position of FIG. 1, whereby the pin 79 engages the projection 77 and restores the bail 75 clockwise.

Conversely, if the pence denomination is formed of the ten figure, by means of the keyboard a one stop pin 7 is set up into the carriage 5 for the tens of pence and a zero stop pin 6 for the units of pence. When the set up amount is accumulated, during the first cycle of the shaft the lever 44 is immediately arrested by the Zero stop pin 6, while the lever 30 (FIG. 2) is arrested by the one stop pin 7. Then the lever 30 displaces upwards the slide 29 one step, whereby the tapered edge 70 rocks the lever 66 clockwise, thus locating the shoulder 63 out of the path of the lug 62.

Now, when the cam 59 causes the bail 57 to be rocked clockwise, the pin 56 engages the projection 55 and displaces the slide 42 rearwards (leftwards in FIG. 1), thus disengaging the pin 40 of the lever 36. This latter is now rocked counterclockwise by the urge of the spring 37, thus displacing the rack 35 upwards till the pin 40 contacts the projection 103 of the slide 101. This slide is now displaced upwards and rocks the lever 92 clockwise, thus releasing the lever 96 from the pin 91. The spring 97 urges now the lever 96 clockwise to contact the cam 99, and by means of the step 98 locks the lever 92 in the rocked position. The pin 40 of the lever 36 is finally arrested by the projection 104 of the lever 44, upon displacing the rack 35 ten steps. The rack 35, through the lever 49 and the rack 50, rotates the typewheel 52 one revolution, thus predisposing the zero type for printing.

During the return stroke of the universal bar 9, the rack 35 accumulates the figure ten on the pinion 38, while the support 19 is displaced leftwards one step and the bail 81 is rocked counterclockwise to release the bail 75. The projection 89 of the bail 75 is now stopped by the pin 91 after a stroke shorter than the stroke effected in the above described case, whereby the lug 73 remains out of the path of the shoulder 71 (FIG. 2) of the slide 29.

During the second cycle of the shaft 10, the slide 29 is arrested again by the one stop pin 7 and the lever 66 is again rocked clockwise. However, since the rack 35 (FIG. 1) is now locked by the lug 26 (FIG. 2) of the support 19 the rack 35 is not affected by the lever 66. The slide 29, by means of the lever 49 (FIG. 1) and the rack 50 predisposes now the typewheel 52 for printing numeral one.

Finally if the pence figure is eleven two stop pins 7 are set up. In the first accumulating cycle now the slide 29 (FIG. 2) is displaced upwards one step as in the previous case, arid disengages the slide 42 (FIG. 1) from the pin 40. Furthermore, the projection 47 of the lever 44 is arrested by the set up stop pin 7 upon being displaced one step, whereby the projection 104 stops the pin 40 upon being displaced eleven steps, instead of ten steps. The rack 35 is now displaced upwards eleven steps and rotates the typewheel 52 one step over the full revolution, thus predisposing the type one for printing the units of pence. The tens of pence is then printed in the subsequent cycle in a manner similar to that of the ten pence. In the case accidentally a numeral higher than one has been set up for the tens of pence, the slide 29 (FIG. 2) is always stopped in position one by the pin 68 through the shoulder 71.

It is thus clear that for the British currency system, an additional typewheel 52 is adapted to be alternately connected with each actuator of an additional pair of actuators 35 and 29 (FIG. 4) differentially movable under the control of the two lowest orders set up on a set up indexing mechanism 5 (FIG. 2), said two orders representing the units and the tens of a non-decimal denomination having figures higher than nine.

A total is taken from the register, also in two subsequent machine cycles, the decimal part of the total and the shillings thereof being taken in the manner described in the cited Patent No. 3,259,058 for the pence, in the first total taking cycle of the shaft 10, the slide 29 is always displaced upwards till its shoulder 71 is stopped by the pin 68. The tapered edge 70 rocks the lever 66, which moves the shoulder 63 out of the path of the lug 62. The bail 57 through the pin 56 disengages the slide 42 from. the pin 40 (FIG. 1) without afiecting the rack 35. This latter is now displaced upwards a number of steps equal to the figure stored by the pinions 38 of the register and is followed by both levers 36 and 44.

If the pence figure of the total to be taken is lower than ten, in the first part of the first total taking cycle the rack 35 rotates the typewheel 52 a corresponding number of steps thus predisposing the corresponding type for printing. In the second part of this first cycle, while the universal bar 9 (FIG. 4) restores downwards the racks 8, 8' and 35, and the slide 29, the support 19 is displaced leftwards and the bail 81 (FIG. 1) releases the bail 75 from the pin 79. The bail 75 is now rocked counterclockwise and locates the lug 73 into the path of the shoulder 71 (FIG. 2) of the slide 29. Therefore, during the second cycle of the shaft 10 the slide 29 is then stopped in position zero, whereby the wheel 52 is predisposed to print the numeral zero.

Conversely, if the pence figure of the total to be taken is ten or eleven, in the first cycle the rack 35 rotates the typewheel 52 a corresponding number of steps, thus predisposing same for printing the numeral zero, and one respectively. Since in these cases the rack 35 is displaced besides the position nine, its pin 40 engages the projection 103 of the link 101, which is displaced upwards and releases the lever 96 from the pin 91. The latter is then locked in the raised position by the lever 96 and prevents the bail 75 from being fully rocked counterclockwise. In the second total taking cycle of the shaft 10, the lug 73 does not stop now the slide 29, which is displaced upwards one step, the pin 68 arresting now the shoulder 71. The typewheel 52 is now predisposed for printing the numeral one.

Finally, assuming that a decimal number is to be printed without being accumulated, upon starting a non-add operation the lever 106 (FIG. 3) is rocked clockwise to locate the pin 108 out of the path of the rack 8'. On one hand the pin 108 of the lever 106 does not stop now the shoulder 109 of the rack 8' of the tens of shillings, whereby the rack 8' senses the stop pin 7 set up in the corresponding column.

On the other hand the pin 107 of the lever 106 rocks the lever 66 clockwise, so as to remove the pin 68 (FIG. 2) fromthe path of the shoulder 71 of the slide 29, and to locate the shoulder 64 into the path of the lug 62. Therefore, in the first total taking cycle of the shaft 10 the 'bail 57 cannot be rocked clockwise and the pin 56 will not affect the slide 42 (FIG. 1) which remains engaged with the pin 40 of the lever 36. Now the rack 35, through the lever 36, the slide 42 and the lever 44, is arrested by the stop pin 6 or 7 of the lowest set up order of the carriage 5 thus accordingly rotating the typewheel 52, while the slide 29 (FIG. 2) through its shoulder 33 is arrested by the lug 26 of the bail 19 without affecting the rack 35. Conversely in the second cycle of the shaft 10, the rack 35 (FIG. 1) is arrested in the zero position by the lug 26 (FIG. 2), while the slide 29 through the lever 30 is arrested by the stop pin 6 or 7 set up in the next higher order, thus accordingly predisposing the typewheel 52 whereby during the two machine cycles the typewheel 52 will print the two lowest decimal orders set up into the carriage 5.

It is intended that many changes, improvements and additions of parts may be made to the described printing device without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. In an adding and like machine for systems not having uniform decimal denominations, having a set of actuators arranged in paired relationship and differentially movable under the control of a multiorder set up indexing mechanism to represent a multiorder amount, a printing device for printing said amount with orders horizontally spaced a predetermined printing pitch, said device comprising a plurality of typecarriers transversely mutually distanced twice said pitch, a plurality of connecting members each one adapted to alternately connect one of said typecarrier with the actuators of a corresponding pair to print said amount during two subsequent machine cycles, and means for alternately transversely shifting said typecarriers according to said pitch at the end of said cycles, the combination comprising:

(a) an additional pair of actuators difierentially movable under the control of the two lowest set up orders of said mechanism, said two orders representing the units and the tens of a non-decimal denomination having figures higher than nine,

(b) an additional typecarrier transversely distanced twice said pitch from the typecarrier of the lowest order of said plurality,

(c) and an additional connecting member associated with said additional typecarrier to alternately connect same with the actuators of said additional pair.

2. In an adding and like machine for systems not having uniform decimal denominations, having a set of actuators arranged in paired relationship and differentially movable under the control of a multiorder set up indexing mechanism to represent a multiorder amount, a printing device for printing said amount with orders horizontally spaced a predetermined printing pitch, said device comprising a plurality of typewheels transversely mutually distanced twice said pitch, a plurality of connecting members each one adapted to alternately connect one of said typewheels with the actuators of a corresponding pair to print said amount during two subsequent machine cycles, means for alternately transversely shifting said typewheels according to said pitch at the end of said cycles, and a register adapted to cooperate with said actuators, the combination comprising:

(a) a first additional actuator differentially movable under the control of the two lowest set up orders of said mechanism to represent the units of a non-decimal denomination having figures higher than nine,

(b) a second additional actuator difierentially movable under the control of the set up order next higher than the lowest order to represent the tens of said non-decimal denomination,

(c) an additional typewheel transversely distanced twice said pitch from the typewheel of the lowest order of said plurality,

(d) a non-decimal order on said register adapted to cooperate with said first additional actuator,

(e) and an additional connecting member associated with said additional typewheel to alternately connect same with the actuators of said additional pair, said additional typewheel being rotated an angle equal to or more than 360 degrees to print the units of the figure of said non-decimal denomination when said figure is equal or higher than ten.

3. In an adding and like machine for systems not having uniform decimal denominations, having a set of actuators arranged in paired relationship and differentially movable under the control of a multiorder set up indexing mechanism to represent a multiorder amount, a printing device for printing said amount with orders horizontally spaced a predetermined printing pitch, said device comprising a plurality of typecarriers transversely mutually distanced twice said pitch, a plurality of connecting members each one adapted to alternately connect one of said typecarriers with the actuators of a corresponding pair to print said amount during two subsequent machine cycles, means for alternately transversely shifting said typecarriers according to said pitch at the end of said cycles, and a register adapted to cooperate with said actuators, the combination comprising:

(a) a first additional actuator differentially movable to represent a non-decimal denomination having figures higher than nine,

(b) a sensing member connected to said first additional actuator and adapted to sense the lowest set up order of said mechanism,

(c) a second additional actuator differentially movable under the control of the set up order next higher than said lowest order to represent the tens of said non-decimal denomination,

(d), an additional typecarrier transversely distanced twice said pitch from the typecarrier of the lowest order of said plurality,

(e) control means conditionable by said second additional actuator when representing non-zero tens of said non-decimal denomination to cause said first additional actuator to be displaced nine steps with respect to said sensing member,

(f) a non-decimal order on said register adapted to cooperate with said first additional actuator,

(g) and an additional connecting member associated with said additional typecarrier to alternately connect same with the actuators of said additional pair.

4. In an adding and like machine according to claim 3,

the combination comprisin (h) connecting means normally efiective for connecting said first additional actuator and said sensing memher,

(i) a control element comprised in said control means and operable to disable said connecting means,

(3') a cam portion on said second additional actuator adapted to operate said control element upon displacing said second additional actuator,

(k) and displacing means comprised in said control means, said displacing means being responsive to the operation of said control element to displace said first additional actuator nine steps with respect to said sensing member.

5. In an adding and like machine according to claim 3,

the combination comprising:

(h) a locking member conditionable for locking said second additional actuator,

(i) means for causing said first additional actuator to condition said locking member when said first additional actuator represents a figure from zero to nine,

(j) and an element for preventing the operation of said locking member when said first additional actuator represents a figure higher than nine.

6. In an adding and like machine according to claim 3,

the combination comprising:

(h) a manually operable member for preventing the operation of said control means,

(i) and means conditioned by said operable means for causing said additional actuators to represent a pair of decimal denominations of the amount to be printed.

References Cited UNlTED STATES PATENTS 1,338,014 4/1920 Hart 101-93 X 2,929,314 3/1960 Capellaro 101-109 3,259,058 7/1966 Gassimo et al 10193 X WILLIAM B. PENN, Primary Examiner, 

1. IN AN ADDING AND LIKE MACHINE FOR SYSTEMS NOT HAVING UNIFORM DECIMAL DENOMINATIONS, HAVING A SET OF ACTUATORS ARRANGED IN PAIRED RELATIONSHIP AND DIFFERENTIALLY MOVABLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF A MULTIORDER SET UP INDEXING MECHANISM TO REPRESENT A MULTIORDER AMOUNT, A PRINTING DEVICE FOR PRINTING SAID AMOUNT WITH ORDERS HORIZONTALLY SPACED A PREDETERMINED PRINTING PITCH, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TYPECARRIERS TRANSVERSELY MUTUALLY DISTANCED TWICE SAID PITCH, A PLURALITY OF CONNECTING MEMBERS EACH ONE ADAPTED TO ALTERNATELY CONNECT ONE OF SAID TYPECARRIER WITH THE ACTUATORS OF A CORRESPONDING PAIR TO PRINT SAID AMOUNT DURING TWO SUBSEQUENT MACHINE CYCLES, AND MEANS FOR ALTERNATELY TRANSVERSELY SHIFTING SAID TYPECARRIERS ACCORDING TO SAID PITCH AT THE END OF SAID CYCLES, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: (A) AN ADDITIONAL PAIR OF ACUTATORS DIFFERENTIALLY MOVABLE UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE TWO LOWEST SET UP ORDERS OF SAID MECHANISM, SAID TWO ORDERS REPRESENTING THE UNITS AND THE TENS OF A NON-DECIMAL DENOMINATION HAVING FIGURES HIGHER THAN NINE, (B) AN ADDITIONAL TYPECARRIER TRANSVERSELY DISTANCED TWICE SAID PITCH FROM THE TYPECARRIER OF THE LOWEST ORDER OF SAID PLURALITY, (C) AND AN ADDITIONAL CONNECTING MEMBER ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ADDITIONAL TYPECARRIER TO ALTERNATELY CONNECT SAME WITH THE ACTUATORS OF SAID ADDITIONAL PAIR. 